HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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It fenced off land to divide among small farmers.
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It forced people to move into urban areas.
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It led to the development of factories in rural areas.
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It improved cottage industries.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Effects of Enclosures (cont.) Farmers lost their farms of jobs and migrated to cities to find work. Enclosures caused poverty, homelessness, and rural depopulation, and resulted in revolts in 1549 and 1607.
Detailed explanation-2: -To enclose land was to put support or fence around a part of this open land and consequently forestall the activity of regular touching and different rights over it.
Detailed explanation-3: -In England the movement for enclosure began in the 12th century and proceeded rapidly in the period 1450–1640, when the purpose was mainly to increase the amount of full-time pasturage available to manorial lords.
Detailed explanation-4: -(i) Enclosure movement helped in bringing long-term investments on land in Britain. (ii) It led to the development of plan crop rotations to improve the fertility of the soil. (iii) Enclosures allowed the richer landowners to expand the land under their control.